Philosophy and Methodology

Thanks to politics, confirmation bias, and bad monetary economics, central banks have a lousy record when it comes to economic forecasts.

Manent insists that if political leaders don’t lead society, we will have a society that isn’t led by political leaders. So what?

Manent insists that if political leaders don’t lead society, we will have a society that isn’t led by political leaders. So what?

The task at hand is the study of the problems of the determination of prices and interest rates. This task requires a sharp distinction between money-certificates and fiduciary media.

The Marxist dialectic was purported to explain every development in Soviet society. But so much wishful thinking was required that eventually it all just became a subject for jokes.

Many support democracy because for them the collective or “republican” liberty they favor far exceeds individual liberty in importance. Those of us who follow Mises and Rothbard will disagree.

Thanks to politics, confirmation bias, and bad monetary economics, central banks have a lousy record when it comes to economic forecasts. 

The Marxist dialectic was purported to explain every development in Soviet society. But so much wishful thinking was required that eventually it all just became a subject for jokes.

Mises defends praxeology using philosophical minimalism, that is, by sticking to the core fact that people act and make choices.

Mises defends praxeology using philosophical minimalism, that is, by sticking to the core fact that people act and make choices.